04 Dec Award-winning ingredients from FiE expo 2023

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The Fi Europe Innovation Awards celebrate and acknowledge the people, companies, and organisations breaking new ground in the food and drink industry - and the winners were announced last week at the show in Frankfurt.

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04 Dec Mérieux NutriSciences SA ups its game again

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Mérieux NutriSciences South Africa has unveiled the largest of its three state-of-the-art microbiology labs in Cape Town...

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04 Dec SA consumers’ food shopping habits have changed, but have marketers noticed?

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December remains the biggest, most important month for SA retailers, as consumers shop for gifts, their annual holiday and Festive Season celebrations. Food and grocery shopping is a critical part of this spending – but are retailers maximising the opportunities around this key consumer behaviour?

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03 Dec Milestone for Kauai with 200th store opening

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The the first quick service restaurant (QSR) to introduce health-conscious food and drinks to South Africa, Kauai has gone on to now sell more than 7 million smoothies annually since its launch in 1995. 

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28 Nov New approach shaping the future of alternative protein

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Not every corner of the plant-based food industry has been burned. After the boom-and-bust cycle of Beyond Meat stock, analysts have wondered what comes next for the plant-based food space.

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21 Nov Checkers wins copycat packaging spat with Pick n Pay

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Checkers took Pick n Pay to court accusing it of copying its products - and a high courts judge agrees....

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20 Nov Indoor agriculture faces a reckoning

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Investors went wild for the utopian promise of tech-driven vertical farming. Now the industry is on the brink of collapse — can it survive by following in traditional agriculture’s footsteps?

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19 Nov NNB’s 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition & Health 2024

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New Nutrition Business's always brilliant annual 1o Key Trends is now in its 25th iteration - here is a synopsis of its key predictions....

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18 Nov The 2023 NIQ breakthrough innovation awards – SA foodstuffs

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NIQ (fomerly Nielsen) has released its highly anticipated BASES Breakthrough Innovation Awards for 2023 - here are the food laureates....

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18 Nov Unilever grants manufacturers access to its ‘warmer’ ice cream recipes

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The Magnum, Wall’s, and Ben & Jerry’s owner is reformulating its ice creams to withstand warmer temperatures, and wants others to do the same....

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18 Nov ‘Tis the season we cherry-ish

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Once a year, a delicious small red stone fruit packed with nutrients becomes available for a limited time only ... that’s right, it’s officially Cherry Time, an apt and trademarked descriptor by one of SA's biggest producers, Dutoit Agri.

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10 Nov Pioneering brands test the waters of new blood sugar trend

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An AI-designed protein bar from Jeff Bezos-funded NotCo and a sparkling drink from the founders of Oatly are among the first products testing the waters of the emergent ‘blood sugar-friendly’ trend....

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09 Nov The limited-edition Cadbury Festive range is back!

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A follow-on from last year's popular campaign, the special-edition Cadbury Dairy Milk Festive Range is happening again this holiday season.

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01 Nov FACTS SA Workshop: All you need to know about SA’s labelling regulations

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FACTS SA is hosting a three-day online workshop with the aim of providing an in-depth understanding of ALL the regulations relevant to the labelling of foods.

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01 Nov Cans are packaging’s hottest property

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Few packaging options offer marketers as much...as cans do. Yes cans, aluminium tubs that seal perfectly and make a deliciously satisfying sound when you open them.

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31 Oct Innova’s Top Ten Food & Drink Trends 2024

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Innova Market Insights has revealed its Top Ten Food & Drink Trends for 2024, with “Taking the spotlight” coming out on top. Certain ingredients are expected to rise to prominence next year as sentimental factors, social media and health claims drive purchasing decisions. 

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31 Oct Whole Foods Market forecasts Top 10 Food Trends for 2024

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Top end US retailer Whole Foods Market has unveiled its top 10 anticipated food trends for 2024 in its ninth-annual trends predictions report.

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30 Oct Tiger Brands’ new CEO has a lot on his plate

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Tjaart Kruger will have to reposition in the consumer foods market to catch up with nimbler rivals...

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30 Oct A centuries-old fibre supplement entices the Ozempic generation

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Psyllium husks, a staple of South Asian medicine (and Banting followers in SA), are catching on in America for all kinds of uses, like easing digestion, curbing appetites and gluten-free baking.

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30 Oct What drives obesity – diets high in fat? Carbohydrates? Actually, it’s everything – and fructose is at the center

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A new study led by University of Colorado researchers unifies a number of hypotheses behind the dietary cause of obesity that once seemed incompatible...

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